Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Guest Post from Caroline at Gustsy: GAPS Fudge Brownies



Say hello to Caroline from Gutsy.com.  She's an innovative and savvy blogger that creates amazing GAPS recipes.  She is quickly becoming a go-to resource in the GAPS and grain free community.  I'm thrilled to have her guest post today and share one of her delightful creations: GAPS Fudge Brownies. 
Oh yes she did!  Enjoy.  Please check out her site, take a moment to read her healing journey (what a journey) and get inspired by this awesome lady.   


GAPS Fudge Brownies (egg/dairy/grain free):

Ingredients:

-1 cup homemade coconut butter (my recipe here)

-3/4 cup honey or vanilla honey

-40 drops (2 droppers full of stevia) *optional

-1/4cup cocoa powder

-2 oz Bakers unsweetened chocolate (gives it that “fudgy” taste)

-2 tsp vanilla extract (unless you use vanilla honey)

-1/4 tsp sea salt

-1 Tbsp coconut oil

-1/4 cup previously brewed organic coffee *optional

-1 1/2 Tbsp coconut flour


The final product! 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees

2. Melt Bakers chocolate over a double boiler (make you own with heat proof bowl over boiling pot of water).

3. Once your chocolate is melted, add in 1 cup of homemade coconut butter (it wil be hard, so this helps soften it). Stir until all liquidly.

4.  Pour your coconut butter chocolate mixture from step 3 into a bigger bowl or blend in a Cuisinart (this is easier on your hand, because the batter is thick!)

5. (order is important) First mix in honey, vanilla, coconut oil, *coffee (optional), and then *stevia (optional). Stir or blend!

6. Sprinkle in cocoa powder, sea salt and coconut flour and stir/blend until combined.

7. Line a 9” by 9” baking pan with coconut oil and parchment paper (unbleached) on the bottom.

8. Pour the thick ooey gooey batter into the prepared pan, and smooth out with a spatula.

9. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Once done, they should still be very gooey.

10. Cool for 20+ minutes before you slice. (Tip: put in fridge until hard and you can slice them perfect!)…but who wants to wait until the brownie is cold! Not me J

11. Enjoy your GAPS friendly treat!

* Stevia and coffee enhance the brownie’s flavor. These ingredients are not GAPS legal, so take them out if you need to. Still amazing without them J


34 comments:

  1. Coffee is GAPS-legal, as long as it's brewed, not instant.

    And stevia is GAPS-legal if it's the herb, not processed stuff. Very easy to grow in your garden.

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  2. Lauren @ Empowered SustenanceSeptember 20, 2012 at 11:24 AM

    This looks amazing, Caroline! It is an interesting use of coconut butter... and the brownies look amazing! Congrats on the guest post, too!

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    • Thanks, since coconut butter is a "whole food" it does not act just like an oil, but as the "bulk" too!

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  3. Tessa Domestic DivaSeptember 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    definitely making these, hanks for sharing!

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  4. Caroline does it again! Grain free brownies...count me in!

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    • These are the best recipe I have tried Laura, but we like our brownies fudge-y, not cake-y. If you want a fluffy brownie, I just say, eat chocolate cake!

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  5. Egg free, nut free too!!!!!!! I am in such luck. Caroline, you rock. Now to get my hands on some coocnut butter...

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  6. Sarena Shasteen - The Non-Dairy QueenSeptember 21, 2012 at 1:55 PM

    These look perfect! I haven't made homemade brownies for my guys in forever. It's definitely going to happen now!

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  7. Gabby @ the veggie nookSeptember 21, 2012 at 3:05 PM

    These look so amazing :)

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  8. I made these 2 days ago and they are amazing! Truly! I had really given up on a chewy grain free brownie. Thank you sooo much Caroline. :)

    ~Kate F.

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    • Kate I am so happy you got to enjoy something gooey and chocolaty again!

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    • Me too! I am a total convert to your recipes and blog lol. I'm making this recipe again today! I dug out my mom's old vitamix that she gave me a few years ago. Frankly, I had been scared to use it. I got over that though and made some amazing coconut butter in record time. I'm doing the happy dance over here and my 3 y/o twins just can't figure out why lol. They hate the blender noise. So I calmed them down and when they get up from their nap, the brownie fairy will have paid them a visit. Woot! I had to rant because this is seriously the best grain free recipe ever with extra mega bonus points for nut and egg free!

      ~Kate F.

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    • thanks Kate, I hope your twins enjoy these! I am happy you like my blog as well!

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  9. I am on intro of gaps diet. When does cocoa become ok?

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  10. Can you use cocoa butter instead of coconut butter? I have been trying to make it in my vitamix, but it won't clump into a butter. It is still liquid and grainy after. 49 min. Should I keep going? I thought maybe

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  11. Is the cook time correct? I baked them at 300 for 1 hour and 30 minutes and it was a black brick when it came out.

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  12. Adriane, you know my oven could be really slow or weak or yours could be extra hot, maybe reduce the time to 1 hour next time, sorry that has to happen. I always check as I go.

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  13. They look delicious but I thought cocoa powder was not allowed on GAPS. Please clarify.

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